Work of the General Assembly on violence against women

Work of the General Assembly since 2000

Since 2000, the General Assembly has adopted numerous resolutions and requested the preparation of reports on various forms of violence against women. In 2006, following the launch of the Secretary-General’s in-depth study on all forms of violence against women, the General Assembly adopted resolution 61/143 on the intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women. The Secretary-General’s report on the intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women focused in 2007 on efforts undertaken by the United Nations system and in 2008 on efforts undertaken by Member States.
The General Assembly has also addressed violence against women in other activities, including a Thematic Debate on Human Trafficking on 3 June 2008.
Below are reports of the Secretary-General and resolutions of the General Assembly on the following topics:

All forms of violence against women

Resolutions:

Elimination of all forms of violence against women, including crimes identified in the outcome document of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”
(A/RES/59/167, of 20 December 2004)
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Elimination of all forms of violence against women, including crimes identified in the outcome document of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century" (A/RES/57/181, of 18 December 2002)
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Reports of the Secretary-General:

Elimination of all forms of violence against women, including crimes identified in the outcome document of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, and progress on an in-depth study (A/59/281, of 20 August 2004)
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Elimination of all forms of violence against women, including crimes identified in the outcome document of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century" (A/57/171, of 2 July 2002)
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Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations

Resolutions:

Rape and other forms of sexual violence

Resolutions:

Eliminating rape and other forms of sexual violence in all their manifestations, including in conflict and related situations (A/RES/62/134, of 18 December 2007)
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Reports of the Secretary-General:

Eliminating rape and other forms of sexual violence in all their manifestations, including in conflict and related situations (A/63/216 of 4 August 2008)
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In-depth study of all forms of violence against women, including crimes identified in the outcome document of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (A/60/211, of 10 August 2005)
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Work of the General Assembly (1993 - 2000)

In 1993, the General Assembly adopted the landmark Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (A/RES/48/104, of 19 December 1993).
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In 1997, the General Assembly adopted model strategies and practical measures on the elimination of violence against women in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice as an annex to General Assembly resolution 52/86 on crime prevention and criminal justice measures to eliminate violence against women.

In 1999, the General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. (A/RES/54/134, of 17 December 1999)
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